The Personal Computing Industry Center (Research Group) decided to take a look inside an iPod to determine where its 451 internal parts are from … according to them 85% of the most valuable parts are from Asia or the U.S. No real big shocker there but it does raise an interesting issue about how the […]

While Apple keeps piling on features to iTunes, there are still times you think, What idiot wrote these SONG NAMES ALL IN CAPS or in all lowercase or the dreaded … 01-AIRBAG-RADIO-OK_COMPUTER … listed entirely in the Song Name listing. How much time do you need to spend to clean that up? Never fear – […]

Recently, as one of the writers of this blog, I made the decision to add a music widget called Sonific to this blog.  Apparently, the music player, Sonific, was hard to see even though it appears at the very top right of the blog each day.  It appears that the addition has had mixed reviews […]

What is the time limit on SPOILER ALERT statute of limitations? A week? Will you get beat up if you wear this spoiler t-shirt? A lot of online fury been directed at creator David Chase and I’ll bet 85% of the people who shouted for head as their first reaction now realize how perfect the […]

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You may have noticed the recent addition of the Sonific widget on the right content area of this blog.  Let us know if you like having audio on the blog.  We like it but you may not. Today’s post is another addition you may see from time to time using an add-on called Splashcast.  Splashcast […]

So what do the hooded cloaks in CBS Star Chamber know that the rest of us don’t? CBS drops $280 Million for a small internet radio station in the hopes of bolstering their terrestrial radio station holdings as only 30% of Last.fm listeners hail from the U.S. (Last.fm is based out of the UK). But […]

Yesterday, most if not all of EMI tracks on the iTunes music store went DRM-free for $1.29. You can pay $.30 to convert your tracks from Fairplay AAC 128kbps to AAC 256 kbps. Since Apple keeps track of your purchases, after you download and install iTunes 7.2, you will be presented with a list of […]

“In the video space, iTunes is just a temporary flash while consumers wait for better ways to get video. They’re already coming,” said Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey, the author of the study, who also called the paid download video market a “dead end.” TV Show DVD’s – Who would buy that when they can […]

  Mental Floss is a great time waster of a site. It’s Friday, so take a few minutes to take the following quiz.  There are 16 brands listed on the page with 16 soundbites of their corresponding jingles. Can you get them all?  Two stumped me for a bit but I made my guess and […]